Testimony of Healing July 2, 1979 Issue

One morning a few years ago I woke up and found I couldn't...

Etta Fine

One morning a few years ago I woke up and found I couldn't walk without searing pain. My hip seemed locked. I began to treat myself as we are taught in Christian Science but decided to request help from a practitioner. She encouraged me with her undoubting reliance on Truth. One passage she referred me to in Science and Health by Mrs. Eddy reads (p. 283), "Mind is the source of all movement, and there is no inertia to retard or check its perpetual and harmonious action."

The healing did not take place quickly, but during this time I learned many valuable lessons. Despite much pain in walking, I did not let the difficulty interfere with important activities, especially at church, where I continued ushering. I am a very active person, so this was a hard time for me. I found comfort and inspiration in this statement (Science and Health, p. 514): "Mind's infinite ideas run and disport themselves. In humility they climb the heights of holiness."

Even though I live in a walk-up apartment, I refused to let this condition immobilize me. Hymn No. 136 in the Christian Science Hymnal, which includes the following words, kept me going: "I climb, with joy, the heights of Mind,/To soar o'er time and space." A loving relative who lives in my building insisted I should see a doctor and have X-rays taken, but I declined, for I was sure that Truth would adjust things perfectly, since God is my true physician.

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